Do’s and Don’ts for triathletes on Strava. Anyone want to write one for runners? (personal note: I got my Garmin from an elite friend, did a hard reset to clear the old info, but it didn’t work. I suddenly have KOMs and segment records that I have no business having! File that under “Don’t”)

Registration for The Wine Run opened yesterday. It’s in September in Ashland, OR, and is set on a beautiful (and tough!) set of trails in the wine country. RDs are Krista and Tim Olson, and yes, there’s wine at the final aid station.

Thanks for everyone who’s helped out the site by purchasing a koozie. They’re going faster than I thought!

Sometimes life gets in the way of running. So true right now! I’m redoing my entire front yard, pouring concrete, and laying 3k bricks (having never laid a single brick in my life!) Needless to say, running has taken a back seat to this other “cross training” I’m taking part in.

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That Dean, the NorthFace Vid is pretty sweet. Met Dean at BW and he was super cool to my daughter. I appreciate what he said in the vid about getting older and training you ass off. The man has accomplished quite a bit and maximized those achievements, I hope at 51 I’m as fit as he been. It’s funny, to hear people bash him, but dang it the man has done some things that most will never do and even tho some of his books tend to read as a little exaggerated, they’re a good read.
Let’s face it he’s brought people into the sport and I think opened up opportunity for some more sponsorship, just by being a template for companies and runners, I’m sure there’s a mix of positive and negative effects/consequences in that, tho overall seems to be something we’ll look back on and see it was for the betterment. hopefully when I met folks in the future and the conversation turns to ultrarunning the non-runner will know more than Dean or ‘Born to Run’, but at least they’ve heard of it and have a frame of reference that to them is positive if not a little romanticized. Anyways I just felt a bit of nostalgia watching…

That Dean, the NorthFace Vid is pretty sweet. Met Dean at BW and he was super cool to my daughter. I appreciate what he said in the vid about getting older and training you ass off. The man has accomplished quite a bit and maximized those achievements, I hope at 51 I’m as fit as he been. It’s funny, to hear people bash him, but dang it the man has done some things that most will never do and even tho some of his books tend to read as a little exaggerated, they’re a good read.
Let’s face it he’s brought people into the sport and I think opened up opportunity for some more sponsorship, just by being a template for companies and runners, I’m sure there’s a mix of positive and negative effects/consequences in that, tho overall seems to be something we’ll look back on and see it was for the betterment. hopefully when I met folks in the future and the conversation turns to ultrarunning the non-runner will know more than Dean or ‘Born to Run’, but at least they’ve heard of it and have a frame of reference that to them is positive if not a little romanticized. Anyways I just felt a bit of nostalgia watching…